Americas

Covid-19: UN chief calls for global “solidarity” in fight against virus

UN Secretary-General António Guterres UNITED NATIONS, April 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for…

UN Chief Says COVID-19 Worst Global Crisis Since World War II

BEIRUT, Apr 1 (NNN-NNA) – The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst global crisis since World War II, UN Secretary-General, Antonio…

COVID-19: Brazil’s death toll tops 200

A field hospital is set up by Rio de Janeiro state government, amid coronavirus disease outbreak, next to the Maracana…

Covid-19: World’s busiest border falls quiet with millions of Mexicans barred from US

SAN DIEOGO, US: File photo of a section of double fencing that sits along the US/Mexico border near Border Field…

Covid-19: California to release 3,500 non-violent prison inmates

LOS ANGELES, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The prison system in the largest US state of California plans to release about…

Update: As Europe reels, US braces for staggering virus death toll

WASHINGTON, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Americans were told to bracefor “very painful” weeks ahead in a worsening coronavirus pandemic projected…

US: strong 6.5 magnitude quake hits state of Idaho

LOS ANGELES, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit the western US state of Idaho on Tuesday with no…

Covid-19: US Army Corps to build hundreds of temporary hospitals for coronavirus crisis

NEW YORK, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US officials want to build hundreds of temporary hospitals across the country to cope…

Covid-19: US, Turkish presidents agree on efforts to combat virus

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump WASHINGTON/ANKARA, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The presidents of US and Turkey…

Covid-19: Westerners in East Africa face virus hostility

East African countries have banned all international arrivals in airports NAIROBI, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Panic over the global coronavirus…